In Focus

Malaysia offers more competitive surgery costs with a heart bypass costing just US$14,000 compared to US$23,000 in Singapore.

Growth in the manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and storage sectors will likely be subdued.

The formation of new bad loans in Q1 was the lowest in five years.

UOB was the only weak link as margins shrunk 5bps.

76.1% of the units sold for the month were previously launched in 2018.

New non-landed homes in CCR skyrocketed 82.4% to 186 units.

High-net worth wealth also fell 8.8% to US$84b.

The leverage of Singtel is set to increase to 2.3x-2.5x in FY19.

The construction sector shrank by 3.4% in 2018 due to a slowdown in public sector construction activities.

Sales of older flats made up 13.9% of total resale transactions in Q1 2019.

Drawn by the growth story in Southeast Asia, corporate venture capital funds by unicorns as well as by foreign challengers are setting their sights in opportunities in Singapore.

Moderating growth in the new orders, exports, factory output, inventory and employment level dragged monthly figures.

Its wholesale banking unit is ditching the pyramid structure in favour of self-steering teams.

The aggregate value of properties sold at auctions fell 26.1% to 11.57m in Q1.

The average consumer spends 15 times as much as companies in FX fees per dollar remitted.

GrabFood has around 20 riders with physical disabilities carrying out food deliveries.